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** https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API **
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Status: All features shown on this page should be working, but the API
is still in active development, and may change at any time.
Make sure to monitor our mailing list for any updates
Erroneous requests: When erroneous requests are sent to the API, a HTTP header will be sent
with the key "MediaWiki-API-Error" and then both the value of the
header and the error code sent back will be set to the same value
In the case of an invalid action being passed, these will have a value
of "unknown_action"
For more information see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Errors_and_warnings
Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page
FAQ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQ
Mailing list: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api
Api Announcements: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce
Bugs & Requests: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?component=API&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&order=bugs.delta_ts
Parameters:
format - The format of the output
One value: json, jsonfm, php, phpfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml, xmlfm, yaml, yamlfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, dbg, dbgfm,
dump, dumpfm
Default: xmlfm
action - What action you would like to perform. See below for module help
One value: userdailycontribs, clicktracking, emailcapture, addsurvey, deletesurvey, editsurvey, submitsurvey,
articlefeedback, centralnoticeallocations, login, logout, query, expandtemplates, parse, opensearch,
feedcontributions, feedwatchlist, help, paraminfo, rsd, compare, purge, rollback, delete, undelete,
protect, block, unblock, move, edit, upload, filerevert, emailuser, watch, patrol, import,
userrights
Default: help
version - When showing help, include version for each module
maxlag - Maximum lag can be used when MediaWiki is installed on a database replicated cluster.
To save actions causing any more site replication lag, this parameter can make the client
wait until the replication lag is less than the specified value.
In case of a replag error, a HTTP 503 error is returned, with the message like
"Waiting for $host: $lag seconds lagged\n".
See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Maxlag_parameter for more information
smaxage - Set the s-maxage header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
Default: 0
maxage - Set the max-age header to this many seconds. Errors are never cached
Default: 0
requestid - Request ID to distinguish requests. This will just be output back to you
servedby - Include the hostname that served the request in the results. Unconditionally shown on error
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Modules *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** **** action=userdailycontribs *
Get the total number of user edits, time of registration, and edits in a given timeframe
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
user - Username to query
daysago - Number of edits since this many days ago
The value must be no less than 0
basetimestamp - Date from which daysago will be calculated (instead of "today").
Count returned in timeFrameEdits will be editcount between this date and the date
"daysago" from it.
Example:
api.php?action=userdailycontribs&user=WikiSysop&daysago=5* action=clicktracking *
Track user clicks on JavaScript items.
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
eventid - string of eventID
This parameter is required
namespacenumber - the namespace number being edited
This parameter is required
token - unique edit ID for this edit session
This parameter is required
redirectto - URL to redirect to (only used for links that go off the page)
additional - additional info for the event, like state information
* action=emailcapture *
Capture email addresses
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
email - Email address to capture
This parameter is required
info - Extra information to log, usually JSON encoded structured information
Example:
api.php?action=emailcapture* action=addsurvey *
API module for adding surveys.
This module requires read rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
name - The name of the survey
Default:
title -
Default:
enabled - Enable the survey or not
Default: 0
header -
Default: Thank you for taking this short survey. Please fill out the following questions:
footer -
Default:
thanks -
Default: Thank you for your responses.
user_type -
Default: 0
namespaces -
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default:
ratio -
Default: 100
expiry -
Default: 2592000
min_pages -
Default: 0
questions - The questions that make up the survey
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default:
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
Example:
api.php?action=addsurvey&name=My awesome survey&enabled=1&questions=
* action=deletesurvey *
API module for deleting surveys.
This module requires read rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
ids - The IDs of the surveys to delete
This parameter is required
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
Examples:
api.php?action=deletesurvey&ids=42api.php?action=deletesurvey&ids=4|2* action=editsurvey *
API module for editing a survey.
This module requires read rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
name - The name of the survey
Default:
title -
Default:
enabled - Enable the survey or not
Default: 0
header -
Default: Thank you for taking this short survey. Please fill out the following questions:
footer -
Default:
thanks -
Default: Thank you for your responses.
user_type -
Default: 0
namespaces -
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default:
ratio -
Default: 100
expiry -
Default: 2592000
min_pages -
Default: 0
id - The ID of the survey to modify
This parameter is required
questions - The questions that make up the survey
This parameter is required
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
Example:
api.php?action=editsurvey&* action=submitsurvey *
This module requires read rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
id - The ID of the survey being submitted.
name - The name of the survey being submitted.
answers -
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
Example:
api.php?action=submitsurvey&* action=articlefeedback *
Submit article feedback
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
pageid - Page ID to submit feedback for
This parameter is required
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revid - Revision ID to submit feedback for
This parameter is required
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
anontoken - Token for anonymous users
bucket - Which rating widget was shown to the user
This parameter is required
The value must be no less than 0
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
expertise - What kinds of expertise does the user claim to have
r1 - Rating 1
This parameter is required
The value must be between 0 and 5
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
r2 - Rating 2
This parameter is required
The value must be between 0 and 5
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
r3 - Rating 3
This parameter is required
The value must be between 0 and 5
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
r4 - Rating 4
This parameter is required
The value must be between 0 and 5
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Example:
api.php?action=articlefeedback* action=centralnoticeallocations *
Obtain the banner allocations for banners served by CentralNotice for all user types under the parametric filter. This is a JSON only call.
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
project - The project to obtain allocations under
Default: wikipedia
country - The country to filter on
Default: XX
language - The language to filter on
Default: en
anonymous - The logged-in status to filter on (true|false)
Default: true
bucket - The bucket to filter on, by number (0|1, optional)
minimal - Alters return - only what is required for the banner loader will be returned
Example:
api.php?action=centralnoticeallocations&format=json&project=wikipedia&country=US&anonymous=true&bucket=1&language=en* action=login (lg) *
Log in and get the authentication tokens.
In the event of a successful log-in, a cookie will be attached
to your session. In the event of a failed log-in, you will not
be able to attempt another log-in through this method for 5 seconds.
This is to prevent password guessing by automated password crackers
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
lgname - User Name
lgpassword - Password
lgdomain - Domain (optional)
lgtoken - Login token obtained in first request
Example:
api.php?action=login&lgname=user&lgpassword=password
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Login* action=logout *
Log out and clear session data
Example:
Log the current user out:
api.php?action=logout
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logout* action=query *
Query API module allows applications to get needed pieces of data from the MediaWiki databases,
and is loosely based on the old query.php interface.
All data modifications will first have to use query to acquire a token to prevent abuse from malicious sites
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
titles - A list of titles to work on
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
prop - Which properties to get for the titles/revisions/pageids. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): info, revisions, links, iwlinks, langlinks, images, imageinfo, stashimageinfo, templates,
categories, extlinks, categoryinfo, duplicatefiles, pageprops
list - Which lists to get. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories, allusers, backlinks, blocks, categorymembers,
deletedrevs, embeddedin, filearchive, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, logevents,
recentchanges, search, tags, usercontribs, watchlist, watchlistraw, exturlusage, users, random,
protectedtitles, querypage, surveys, surveyanswers, surveysubmissions, articlefeedback
meta - Which metadata to get about the site. Module help is available below
Values (separate with '|'): siteinfo, userinfo, allmessages
generator - Use the output of a list as the input for other prop/list/meta items
NOTE: generator parameter names must be prefixed with a 'g', see examples
One value: links, images, templates, categories, duplicatefiles, allimages, allpages, alllinks, allcategories,
backlinks, categorymembers, embeddedin, imageusage, iwbacklinks, langbacklinks, recentchanges,
search, watchlist, watchlistraw, exturlusage, random, protectedtitles, querypage
redirects - Automatically resolve redirects
converttitles - Convert titles to other variants if necessary. Only works if the wiki's content language supports variant conversion.
Languages that support variant conversion include gan, iu, kk, ku, shi, sr, tg, zh
indexpageids - Include an additional pageids section listing all returned page IDs
export - Export the current revisions of all given or generated pages
exportnowrap - Return the export XML without wrapping it in an XML result (same format as Special:Export). Can only be used with export
iwurl - Whether to get the full URL if the title is an interwiki link
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=siteinfo&titles=Main%20Page&rvprop=user|commentapi.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gapprefix=API/&prop=revisions
Help pages:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Metahttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Propertieshttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Lists
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Query: Prop --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
* prop=info (in) *
Get basic page information such as namespace, title, last touched date, ...
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
inprop - Which additional properties to get:
protection - List the protection level of each page
talkid - The page ID of the talk page for each non-talk page
watched - List the watched status of each page
subjectid - The page ID of the parent page for each talk page
url - Gives a full URL to the page, and also an edit URL
readable - Whether the user can read this page
preload - Gives the text returned by EditFormPreloadText
displaytitle - Gives the way the page title is actually displayed
Values (separate with '|'): protection, talkid, watched, subjectid, url, readable, preload, displaytitle
intoken - Request a token to perform a data-modifying action on a page
Values (separate with '|'): edit, delete, protect, move, block, unblock, email, import, watch
incontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=info&titles=Main%20Pageapi.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#info_.2F_in* prop=revisions (rv) *
Get revision information
May be used in several ways:
1) Get data about a set of pages (last revision), by setting titles or pageids parameter
2) Get revisions for one given page, by using titles/pageids with start/end/limit params
3) Get data about a set of revisions by setting their IDs with revids parameter
All parameters marked as (enum) may only be used with a single page (#2)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
rvprop - Which properties to get for each revision:
ids - The ID of the revision
flags - Revision flags (minor)
timestamp - The timestamp of the revision
user - User that made the revision
userid - User id of revision creator
size - Length (bytes) of the revision
sha1 - SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision
comment - Comment by the user for revision
parsedcomment - Parsed comment by the user for the revision
content - Text of the revision
tags - Tags for the revision
Values (separate with '|'): ids, flags, timestamp, user, userid, size, sha1, comment, parsedcomment, content, tags
Default: ids|timestamp|flags|comment|user
rvlimit - Limit how many revisions will be returned (enum)
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
rvstartid - From which revision id to start enumeration (enum)
rvendid - Stop revision enumeration on this revid (enum)
rvstart - From which revision timestamp to start enumeration (enum)
rvend - Enumerate up to this timestamp (enum)
rvdir - In which direction to enumerate (enum)
newer - List oldest first. Note: rvstart has to be before rvend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: rvstart has to be later than rvend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
rvuser - Only include revisions made by user (enum)
rvexcludeuser - Exclude revisions made by user (enum)
rvtag - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
rvexpandtemplates - Expand templates in revision content
rvgeneratexml - Generate XML parse tree for revision content
rvparse - Parse revision content. For performance reasons if this option is used, rvlimit is enforced to 1.
rvsection - Only retrieve the content of this section number
rvtoken - Which tokens to obtain for each revision
Values (separate with '|'): rollback
rvcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
rvdiffto - Revision ID to diff each revision to.
Use "prev", "next" and "cur" for the previous, next and current revision respectively
rvdifftotext - Text to diff each revision to. Only diffs a limited number of revisions.
Overrides rvdiffto. If rvsection is set, only that section will be diffed against this text
Examples:
Get data with content for the last revision of titles "API" and "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content
Get last 5 revisions of the "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" made after 2006-05-01
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvdir=newer&rvstart=20060501000000
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were not made made by anonymous user "127.0.0.1"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvexcludeuser=127.0.0.1
Get first 5 revisions of the "Main Page" that were made by the user "MediaWiki default"
api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=Main%20Page&rvlimit=5&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&rvuser=MediaWiki%20default
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#revisions_.2F_rv* prop=links (pl) *
Returns all links from the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
plnamespace - Show links in this namespace(s) only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
pllimit - How many links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
plcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
pltitles - Only list links to these titles. Useful for checking whether a certain page links to a certain title.
pldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get links from the [[Main Page]]::
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about the link pages in the [[Main Page]]::
api.php?action=query&generator=links&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Get links from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces::
api.php?action=query&prop=links&titles=Main%20Page&plnamespace=2|10
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#links_.2F_pl
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=iwlinks (iw) *
Returns all interwiki links from the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iwurl - Whether to get the full URL
iwlimit - How many interwiki links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
iwcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
iwprefix - Prefix for the interwiki
iwtitle - Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwprefix
iwdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Example:
Get interwiki links from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=iwlinks&titles=Main%20Page* prop=langlinks (ll) *
Returns all interlanguage links from the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
lllimit - How many langlinks to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
llcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
llurl - Whether to get the full URL
lllang - Language code
lltitle - Link to search for. Must be used with lllang
lldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Example:
Get interlanguage links from the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=langlinks&titles=Main%20Page&redirects=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#langlinks_.2F_ll* prop=images (im) *
Returns all images contained on the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
imlimit - How many images to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
imcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
imimages - Only list these images. Useful for checking whether a certain page has a certain Image.
imdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get a list of images used in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=images&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about all images used in the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=images&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#images_.2F_im
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=imageinfo (ii) *
Returns image information and upload history
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds the user who uploaded the image version
userid - Add the user ID that uploaded the image version
comment - Comment on the version
parsedcomment - Parse the comment on the version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
thumbmime - Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url)
mediatype - Adds the media type of the image
metadata - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
archivename - Adds the file name of the archive version for non-latest versions
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime,
mediatype, metadata, archivename, bitdepth
Default: timestamp|user
iilimit - How many image revisions to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 1
iistart - Timestamp to start listing from
iiend - Timestamp to stop listing at
iiurlwidth - If iiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
Only the current version of the image can be scaled
Default: -1
iiurlheight - Similar to iiurlwidth. Cannot be used without iiurlwidth
Default: -1
iimetadataversion - Version of metadata to use. if 'latest' is specified, use latest version.
Defaults to '1' for backwards compatibility
Default: 1
iiurlparam - A handler specific parameter string. For example, pdf's
might use 'page15-100px'. iiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with iiurlparam
Default:
iicontinue - If the query response includes a continue value, use it here to get another page of results
Examples:
api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfoapi.php?action=query&titles=File:Test.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=50&iiend=20071231235959&iiprop=timestamp|user|url
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii* prop=stashimageinfo (sii) *
Returns image information for stashed images
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
siifilekey - Key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
siisessionkey - DEPRECATED! Alias for filekey, for backward compatibility.
siiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
thumbmime - Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url)
metadata - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime, metadata, bitdepth
Default: timestamp|url
siiurlwidth - If siiprop=url is set, a URL to an image scaled to this width will be returned.
Default: -1
siiurlheight - Similar to siiurlwidth. Cannot be used without siiurlwidth
Default: -1
siiurlparam - A handler specific parameter string. For example, pdf's
might use 'page15-100px'. siiurlwidth must be used and be consistent with siiurlparam
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=124sd34rsdf567api.php?action=query&prop=stashimageinfo&siifilekey=b34edoe3|bceffd4&siiurlwidth=120&siiprop=url
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#imageinfo_.2F_ii* prop=templates (tl) *
Returns all templates from the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
tlnamespace - Show templates in this namespace(s) only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
tllimit - How many templates to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
tlcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
tltemplates - Only list these templates. Useful for checking whether a certain page uses a certain template.
tldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get templates from the [[Main Page]]::
api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page
Get information about the template pages in the [[Main Page]]::
api.php?action=query&generator=templates&titles=Main%20Page&prop=info
Get templates from the Main Page in the User and Template namespaces::
api.php?action=query&prop=templates&titles=Main%20Page&tlnamespace=2|10
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#templates_.2F_tl
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=categories (cl) *
List all categories the page(s) belong to
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
clprop - Which additional properties to get for each category
sortkey - Adds the sortkey (hexadecimal string) and sortkey prefix (human-readable part) for the category
timestamp - Adds timestamp of when the category was added
hidden - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
Values (separate with '|'): sortkey, timestamp, hidden
clshow - Which kind of categories to show
Values (separate with '|'): hidden, !hidden
cllimit - How many categories to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
clcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
clcategories - Only list these categories. Useful for checking whether a certain page is in a certain category
cldir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
Get a list of categories [[Albert Einstein]] belongs to:
api.php?action=query&prop=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein
Get information about all categories used in the [[Albert Einstein]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=categories&titles=Albert%20Einstein&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#categories_.2F_cl
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=extlinks (el) *
Returns all external urls (not interwikies) from the given page(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ellimit - How many links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
eloffset - When more results are available, use this to continue
elprotocol - Protocol of the url. If empty and elquery set, the protocol is http.
Leave both this and elquery empty to list all external links
Can be empty, or One value: http, https, ftp, irc, ircs, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind, mailto, news, svn, git, mms
Default:
elquery - Search string without protocol. Useful for checking whether a certain page contains a certain external url
Example:
Get a list of external links on the [[Main Page]]:
api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks&titles=Main%20Page
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#extlinks_.2F_el* prop=categoryinfo (ci) *
Returns information about the given categories
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
cicontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
Example:
api.php?action=query&prop=categoryinfo&titles=Category:Foo|Category:Bar
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#categoryinfo_.2F_ci* prop=duplicatefiles (df) *
List all files that are duplicates of the given file(s)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
dflimit - How many files to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
dfcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
dfdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
Examples:
api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg&prop=duplicatefilesapi.php?action=query&generator=allimages&prop=duplicatefiles
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#duplicatefiles_.2F_df
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* prop=pageprops (pp) *
Get various properties defined in the page content
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ppcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
ppprop - Page prop to look on the page for. Useful for checking whether a certain page uses a certain page prop.
Example:
api.php?action=query&prop=pageprops&titles=Category:Foo
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Properties#pageprops_.2F_pp
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* list=allimages (ai) *
Enumerate all images sequentially
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
aifrom - The image title to start enumerating from
aito - The image title to stop enumerating at
aiprefix - Search for all image titles that begin with this value
aiminsize - Limit to images with at least this many bytes
aimaxsize - Limit to images with at most this many bytes
ailimit - How many images in total to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
aidir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
aisha1 - SHA1 hash of image. Overrides aisha1base36
aisha1base36 - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki)
aiprop - What image information to get:
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds the user who uploaded the image version
userid - Add the user ID that uploaded the image version
comment - Comment on the version
parsedcomment - Parse the comment on the version
url - Gives URL to the image and the description page
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
mime - Adds MIME type of the image
thumbmime - Adds MIME type of the image thumbnail (requires url)
mediatype - Adds the media type of the image
metadata - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, url, size, dimensions, sha1, mime, thumbmime,
mediatype, metadata, bitdepth
Default: timestamp|url
aimime - What MIME type to search for. e.g. image/jpeg. Disabled in Miser Mode
Examples:
Array:
api.php?action=query&list=allimages&aifrom=B
Array:
api.php?action=query&generator=allimages&gailimit=4&gaifrom=T&prop=imageinfo
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allimages
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allpages (ap) *
Enumerate all pages sequentially in a given namespace
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
apfrom - The page title to start enumerating from
apto - The page title to stop enumerating at
apprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value
apnamespace - The namespace to enumerate
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Default: 0
apfilterredir - Which pages to list
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
apminsize - Limit to pages with at least this many bytes
apmaxsize - Limit to pages with at most this many bytes
apprtype - Limit to protected pages only
Values (separate with '|'): edit, move, upload
apprlevel - The protection level (must be used with apprtype= parameter)
Can be empty, or Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
apprfiltercascade - Filter protections based on cascadingness (ignored when apprtype isn't set)
One value: cascading, noncascading, all
Default: all
aplimit - How many total pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
apdir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
apfilterlanglinks - Filter based on whether a page has langlinks
One value: withlanglinks, withoutlanglinks, all
Default: all
apprexpiry - Which protection expiry to filter the page on
indefinite - Get only pages with indefinite protection expiry
definite - Get only pages with a definite (specific) protection expiry
all - Get pages with any protections expiry
One value: indefinite, definite, all
Default: all
Examples:
Array:
api.php?action=query&list=allpages&apfrom=B
Array:
api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=4&gapfrom=T&prop=info
Array:
api.php?action=query&generator=allpages&gaplimit=2&gapfilterredir=nonredirects&gapfrom=Re&prop=revisions&rvprop=content
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allpages
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=alllinks (al) *
Enumerate all links that point to a given namespace
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
alcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
alfrom - The page title to start enumerating from
alto - The page title to stop enumerating at
alprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value
alunique - Only show unique links. Cannot be used with generator or alprop=ids
alprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds pageid of where the link is from (Cannot be used with alunique)
title - Adds the title of the link
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title
Default: title
alnamespace - The namespace to enumerate
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Default: 0
allimit - How many total links to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=alllinks&alunique=&alfrom=B
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Alllinks
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allcategories (ac) *
Enumerate all categories
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
acfrom - The category to start enumerating from
acto - The category to stop enumerating at
acprefix - Search for all category titles that begin with this value
acdir - Direction to sort in
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
acmin - Minimum number of category members
acmax - Maximum number of category members
aclimit - How many categories to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
acprop - Which properties to get
size - Adds number of pages in the category
hidden - Tags categories that are hidden with __HIDDENCAT__
Values (separate with '|'): size, hidden
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprop=sizeapi.php?action=query&generator=allcategories&gacprefix=List&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allcategories
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=allusers (au) *
Enumerate all registered users
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
aufrom - The user name to start enumerating from
auto - The user name to stop enumerating at
auprefix - Search for all users that begin with this value
audir - Direction to sort in
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
augroup - Limit users to given group name(s)
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, manager, staff, widgeteditor
auexcludegroup - Exclude users in given group name(s)
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, manager, staff, widgeteditor
aurights - Limit users to given right(s)
Values (separate with '|'): apihighlimits, autoconfirmed, autopatrol, bigdelete, block, blockemail, bot, browsearchive,
createaccount, createpage, createtalk, delete, deletedhistory, deletedtext, deleterevision, edit,
editinterface, editusercssjs, editusercss, edituserjs, hideuser, import, importupload,
ipblock-exempt, markbotedits, mergehistory, minoredit, move, movefile, move-rootuserpages,
move-subpages, nominornewtalk, noratelimit, override-export-depth, patrol, protect, proxyunbannable,
purge, read, reupload, reupload-shared, rollback, sendemail, siteadmin, suppressionlog,
suppressredirect, suppressrevision, unblockself, undelete, unwatchedpages, upload, upload_by_url,
userrights, userrights-interwiki, writeapi, editwidgets, viewsystemstats, avatarremove,
editothersprofiles, giftadmin, awardsmanage, skipcaptcha, override-antispoof, centralnotice-admin,
surveyadmin, surveysubmit, nuke, confirmaccount, requestips, lookupcredentials, datatransferimport
auprop - What pieces of information to include.
blockinfo - Adds the information about a current block on the user
groups - Lists groups that the user is in. This uses more server resources and may return fewer results than the limit
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups the user is automatically in
rights - Lists rights that the user has
editcount - Adds the edit count of the user
registration - Adds the timestamp of when the user registered if available (may be blank)
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, implicitgroups, rights, editcount, registration
aulimit - How many total user names to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
auwitheditsonly - Only list users who have made edits
auactiveusers - Only list users active in the last 30 days(s)
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=allusers&aufrom=Y
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Allusers* list=backlinks (bl) *
Find all pages that link to the given page
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
bltitle - Title to search
This parameter is required
blcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
blnamespace - The namespace to enumerate
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
blfilterredir - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when blredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
bllimit - How many total pages to return. If blredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
blredirect - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&bltitle=Main%20Pageapi.php?action=query&generator=backlinks&gbltitle=Main%20Page&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Backlinks
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=blocks (bk) *
List all blocked users and IP addresses
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
bkstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
bkend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at
bkdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: bkstart has to be before bkend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: bkstart has to be later than bkend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
bkids - Pipe-separated list of block IDs to list (optional)
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
bkusers - Pipe-separated list of users to search for (optional)
bkip - Get all blocks applying to this IP or CIDR range, including range blocks.
Cannot be used together with bkusers. CIDR ranges broader than /16 are not accepted
bklimit - The maximum amount of blocks to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
bkprop - Which properties to get
id - Adds the ID of the block
user - Adds the username of the blocked user
userid - Adds the user ID of the blocked user
by - Adds the username of the blocking user
byid - Adds the user ID of the blocking user
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the block was given
expiry - Adds the timestamp of when the block expires
reason - Adds the reason given for the block
range - Adds the range of IPs affected by the block
flags - Tags the ban with (autoblock, anononly, etc)
Values (separate with '|'): id, user, userid, by, byid, timestamp, expiry, reason, range, flags
Default: id|user|by|timestamp|expiry|reason|flags
bkshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only indefinite blocks on IPs, set bkshow=ip|!temp
Values (separate with '|'): account, !account, temp, !temp, ip, !ip, range, !range
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=blocksapi.php?action=query&list=blocks&bkusers=Alice|Bob
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Blocks* list=categorymembers (cm) *
List all pages in a given category
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
cmtitle - Which category to enumerate (required). Must include Category: prefix. Cannot be used together with cmpageid
cmpageid - Page ID of the category to enumerate. Cannot be used together with cmtitle
cmprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the page ID
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
sortkey - Adds the sortkey used for sorting in the category (hexadecimal string)
sortkeyprefix - Adds the sortkey prefix used for sorting in the category (human-readable part of the sortkey)
type - Adds the type that the page has been categorised as (page, subcat or file)
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the page was included
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, sortkey, sortkeyprefix, type, timestamp
Default: ids|title
cmnamespace - Only include pages in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
cmtype - What type of category members to include. Ignored when cmsort=timestamp is set
Values (separate with '|'): page, subcat, file
Default: page|subcat|file
cmcontinue - For large categories, give the value retured from previous query
cmlimit - The maximum number of pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
cmsort - Property to sort by
One value: sortkey, timestamp
Default: sortkey
cmdir - In which direction to sort
One value: asc, desc
Default: asc
cmstart - Timestamp to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
cmend - Timestamp to end listing at. Can only be used with cmsort=timestamp
cmstartsortkey - Sortkey to start listing from. Must be given in binary format. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
cmendsortkey - Sortkey to end listing at. Must be given in binary format. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey
cmstartsortkeyprefix - Sortkey prefix to start listing from. Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey. Overrides cmstartsortkey
cmendsortkeyprefix - Sortkey prefix to end listing BEFORE (not at, if this value occurs it will not be included!). Can only be used with cmsort=sortkey. Overrides cmendsortkey
Examples:
Get first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
api.php?action=query&list=categorymembers&cmtitle=Category:Physics
Get page info about first 10 pages in [[Category:Physics]]:
api.php?action=query&generator=categorymembers&gcmtitle=Category:Physics&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Categorymembers
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=deletedrevs (dr) *
List deleted revisions.
Operates in three modes:
1) List deleted revisions for the given title(s), sorted by timestamp
2) List deleted contributions for the given user, sorted by timestamp (no titles specified)
3) List all deleted revisions in the given namespace, sorted by title and timestamp (no titles specified, druser not set)
Certain parameters only apply to some modes and are ignored in others.
For instance, a parameter marked (1) only applies to mode 1 and is ignored in modes 2 and 3
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
drstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from (1,2)
drend - The timestamp to stop enumerating at (1,2)
drdir - In which direction to enumerate (1, 3)
newer - List oldest first. Note: drstart has to be before drend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: drstart has to be later than drend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
drfrom - Start listing at this title (3)
drto - Stop listing at this title (3)
drprefix - Search for all page titles that begin with this value (3)
drcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue (3)
drunique - List only one revision for each page (3)
druser - Only list revisions by this user
drexcludeuser - Don't list revisions by this user
drnamespace - Only list pages in this namespace (3)
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Default: 0
drlimit - The maximum amount of revisions to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
drprop - Which properties to get
revid - Adds the revision ID of the deleted revision
parentid - Adds the revision ID of the previous revision to the page
user - Adds the user who made the revision
userid - Adds the user ID whom made the revision
comment - Adds the comment of the revision
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the revision
minor - Tags if the revision is minor
len - Adds the length (bytes) of the revision
sha1 - Adds the SHA-1 (base 16) of the revision
content - Adds the content of the revision
token - Gives the edit token
Values (separate with '|'): revid, parentid, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, minor, len, sha1, content, token
Default: user|comment
Examples:
List the last deleted revisions of Main Page and Talk:Main Page, with content (mode 1):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&titles=Main%20Page|Talk:Main%20Page&drprop=user|comment|content
List the last 50 deleted contributions by Bob (mode 2):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&druser=Bob&drlimit=50
List the first 50 deleted revisions in the main namespace (mode 3):
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50
List the first 50 deleted pages in the Talk namespace (mode 3)::
api.php?action=query&list=deletedrevs&drdir=newer&drlimit=50&drnamespace=1&drunique=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Deletedrevs* list=embeddedin (ei) *
Find all pages that embed (transclude) the given title
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
eititle - Title to search
This parameter is required
eicontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
einamespace - The namespace to enumerate
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
eifilterredir - How to filter for redirects
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
eilimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=embeddedin&eititle=Template:Stubapi.php?action=query&generator=embeddedin&geititle=Template:Stub&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Embeddedin
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=filearchive (fa) *
Enumerate all deleted files sequentially
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
fafrom - The image title to start enumerating from
fato - The image title to stop enumerating at
faprefix - Search for all image titles that begin with this value
falimit - How many images to return in total
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
fadir - The direction in which to list
One value: ascending, descending
Default: ascending
fasha1 - SHA1 hash of image. Overrides fasha1base36. Disabled in Miser Mode
fasha1base36 - SHA1 hash of image in base 36 (used in MediaWiki). Disabled in Miser Mode
faprop - What image information to get:
sha1 - Adds SHA-1 hash for the image
timestamp - Adds timestamp for the uploaded version
user - Adds user who uploaded the image version
size - Adds the size of the image in bytes and the height, width and page count (if applicable)
dimensions - Alias for size
description - Adds description the image version
parseddescription - Parse the description on the version
mime - Adds MIME of the image
metadata - Lists EXIF metadata for the version of the image
bitdepth - Adds the bit depth of the version
Values (separate with '|'): sha1, timestamp, user, size, dimensions, description, parseddescription, mime, metadata, bitdepth
Default: timestamp
Example:
Array:
api.php?action=query&list=filearchive* list=imageusage (iu) *
Find all pages that use the given image title.
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iutitle - Title to search
This parameter is required
iucontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
iunamespace - The namespace to enumerate
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
iufilterredir - How to filter for redirects. If set to nonredirects when iuredirect is enabled, this is only applied to the second level
One value: all, redirects, nonredirects
Default: all
iulimit - How many total pages to return. If iuredirect is enabled, limit applies to each level separately (which means you may get up to 2 * limit results).
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
iuredirect - If linking page is a redirect, find all pages that link to that redirect as well. Maximum limit is halved.
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=imageusage&iutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpgapi.php?action=query&generator=imageusage&giutitle=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Imageusage
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=iwbacklinks (iwbl) *
Find all pages that link to the given interwiki link.
Can be used to find all links with a prefix, or
all links to a title (with a given prefix).
Using neither parameter is effectively "All IW Links"
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
iwblprefix - Prefix for the interwiki
iwbltitle - Interwiki link to search for. Must be used with iwblprefix
iwblcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
iwbllimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
iwblprop - Which properties to get
iwprefix - Adds the prefix of the interwiki
iwtitle - Adds the title of the interwiki
Values (separate with '|'): iwprefix, iwtitle
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=iwbacklinks&iwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooksapi.php?action=query&generator=iwbacklinks&giwbltitle=Test&iwblprefix=wikibooks&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=langbacklinks (lbl) *
Find all pages that link to the given language link.
Can be used to find all links with a language code, or
all links to a title (with a given language).
Using neither parameter is effectively "All Language Links"
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
lbllang - Language for the language link
lbltitle - Language link to search for. Must be used with lbllang
lblcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
lbllimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
lblprop - Which properties to get
lllang - Adds the language code of the language link
lltitle - Adds the title of the language ink
Values (separate with '|'): lllang, lltitle
Default:
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=langbacklinks&lbltitle=Test&lbllang=frapi.php?action=query&generator=langbacklinks&glbltitle=Test&lbllang=fr&prop=info
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=logevents (le) *
Get events from logs
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
leprop - Which properties to get
ids - Adds the ID of the log event
title - Adds the title of the page for the log event
type - Adds the type of log event
user - Adds the user responsible for the log event
userid - Adds the user ID who was responsible for the log event
timestamp - Adds the timestamp for the event
comment - Adds the comment of the event
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the event
details - Lists addtional details about the event
tags - Lists tags for the event
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, type, user, userid, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, details, tags
Default: ids|title|type|user|timestamp|comment|details
letype - Filter log entries to only this type
Can be empty, or One value: block, protect, rights, delete, upload, move, import, patrol, merge, suppress, profile, avatar,
newusers
leaction - Filter log actions to only this type. Overrides letype
One value: block/block, block/unblock, block/reblock, protect/protect, protect/modify, protect/unprotect,
protect/move_prot, rights/rights, rights/autopromote, upload/upload, upload/overwrite,
upload/revert, import/upload, import/interwiki, merge/merge, suppress/block, suppress/reblock,
profile/profile, avatar/avatar
lestart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
leend - The timestamp to end enumerating
ledir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: lestart has to be before leend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: lestart has to be later than leend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
leuser - Filter entries to those made by the given user
letitle - Filter entries to those related to a page
leprefix - Filter entries that start with this prefix. Disabled in Miser Mode
letag - Only list event entries tagged with this tag
lelimit - How many total event entries to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=logevents
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Logevents* list=recentchanges (rc) *
Enumerate recent changes
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
rcstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
rcend - The timestamp to end enumerating
rcdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: rcstart has to be before rcend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: rcstart has to be later than rcend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
rcnamespace - Filter log entries to only this namespace(s)
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
rcuser - Only list changes by this user
rcexcludeuser - Don't list changes by this user
rctag - Only list changes tagged with this tag
rcprop - Include additional pieces of information
user - Adds the user responsible for the edit and tags if they are an IP
userid - Adds the user id responsible for the edit
comment - Adds the comment for the edit
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment for the edit
flags - Adds flags for the edit
timestamp - Adds timestamp of the edit
title - Adds the page title of the edit
ids - Adds the page ID, recent changes ID and the new and old revision ID
sizes - Adds the new and old page length in bytes
redirect - Tags edit if page is a redirect
patrolled - Tags edits that have been patrolled
loginfo - Adds log information (logid, logtype, etc) to log entries
tags - Lists tags for the entry
Values (separate with '|'): user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, flags, timestamp, title, ids, sizes, redirect, patrolled,
loginfo, tags
Default: title|timestamp|ids
rctoken - Which tokens to obtain for each change
Values (separate with '|'): patrol
rcshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set rcshow=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, redirect, !redirect, patrolled, !patrolled
rclimit - How many total changes to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
rctype - Which types of changes to show
Values (separate with '|'): edit, new, log
rctoponly - Only list changes which are the latest revision
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Recentchanges
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=search (sr) *
Perform a full text search
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
srsearch - Search for all page titles (or content) that has this value
This parameter is required
srnamespace - The namespace(s) to enumerate
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: 0
srwhat - Search inside the text or titles
One value: title, text, nearmatch
srinfo - What metadata to return
Values (separate with '|'): totalhits, suggestion
Default: totalhits|suggestion
srprop - What properties to return
size - Adds the size of the page in bytes
wordcount - Adds the word count of the page
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when the page was last edited
score - Adds the score (if any) from the search engine
snippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the page
titlesnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the page title
redirectsnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the redirect title
redirecttitle - Adds the title of the matching redirect
sectionsnippet - Adds a parsed snippet of the matching section title
sectiontitle - Adds the title of the matching section
hasrelated - Indicates whether a related search is available
Values (separate with '|'): size, wordcount, timestamp, score, snippet, titlesnippet, redirecttitle, redirectsnippet,
sectiontitle, sectionsnippet, hasrelated
Default: size|wordcount|timestamp|snippet
srredirects - Include redirect pages in the search
sroffset - Use this value to continue paging (return by query)
Default: 0
srlimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 50 (500 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=meaningapi.php?action=query&list=search&srwhat=text&srsearch=meaningapi.php?action=query&generator=search&gsrsearch=meaning&prop=info
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Search
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=tags (tg) *
List change tags
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
tgcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
tglimit - The maximum number of tags to list
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
tgprop - Which properties to get
name - Adds name of tag
displayname - Adds system messsage for the tag
description - Adds description of the tag
hitcount - Adds the amount of revisions that have this tag
Values (separate with '|'): name, displayname, description, hitcount
Default: name
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=tags&tgprop=displayname|description|hitcount* list=usercontribs (uc) *
Get all edits by a user
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
uclimit - The maximum number of contributions to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
ucstart - The start timestamp to return from
ucend - The end timestamp to return to
uccontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
ucuser - The users to retrieve contributions for
ucuserprefix - Retrieve contibutions for all users whose names begin with this value. Overrides ucuser
ucdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: ucstart has to be before ucend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: ucstart has to be later than ucend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
ucnamespace - Only list contributions in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ucprop - Include additional pieces of information
ids - Adds the page ID and revision ID
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of the edit
comment - Adds the comment of the edit
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment of the edit
size - Adds the size of the page
flags - Adds flags of the edit
patrolled - Tags patrolled edits
tags - Lists tags for the edit
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, timestamp, comment, parsedcomment, size, flags, patrolled, tags
Default: ids|title|timestamp|comment|size|flags
ucshow - Show only items that meet this criteria, e.g. non minor edits only: ucshow=!minor
NOTE: if ucshow=patrolled or ucshow=!patrolled is set, revisions older than $wgRCMaxAge (7862400) won't be shown
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, patrolled, !patrolled
uctag - Only list revisions tagged with this tag
uctoponly - Only list changes which are the latest revision
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuser=YurikBotapi.php?action=query&list=usercontribs&ucuserprefix=217.121.114.
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs* list=watchlist (wl) *
Get all recent changes to pages in the logged in user's watchlist
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
wlallrev - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe
wlstart - The timestamp to start enumerating from
wlend - The timestamp to end enumerating
wlnamespace - Filter changes to only the given namespace(s)
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
wluser - Only list changes by this user
wlexcludeuser - Don't list changes by this user
wldir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: wlstart has to be before wlend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: wlstart has to be later than wlend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
wllimit - How many total results to return per request
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
wlprop - Which additional items to get (non-generator mode only).
ids - Adds revision ids and page ids
title - Adds title of the page
flags - Adds flags for the edit
user - Adds the user who made the edit
userid - Adds user id of whom made the edit
comment - Adds comment of the edit
parsedcomment - Adds parsed comment of the edit
timestamp - Adds timestamp of the edit
patrol - Tags edits that are patrolled
sizes - Adds the old and new lengths of the page
notificationtimestamp - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
loginfo - Adds log information where appropriate
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, flags, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, timestamp, patrol, sizes,
notificationtimestamp, loginfo
Default: ids|title|flags
wlshow - Show only items that meet this criteria.
For example, to see only minor edits done by logged-in users, set wlshow=minor|!anon
Values (separate with '|'): minor, !minor, bot, !bot, anon, !anon, patrolled, !patrolled
wlowner - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
wltoken - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=watchlistapi.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|commentapi.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlallrev=&wlprop=ids|title|timestamp|user|commentapi.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&prop=infoapi.php?action=query&generator=watchlist&gwlallrev=&prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp|userapi.php?action=query&list=watchlist&wlowner=Bob_Smith&wltoken=d8d562e9725ea1512894cdab28e5ceebc7f20237
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watchlist
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=watchlistraw (wr) *
Get all pages on the logged in user's watchlist
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
wrcontinue - When more results are available, use this to continue
wrnamespace - Only list pages in the given namespace(s)
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
wrlimit - How many total results to return per request
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
wrprop - Which additional properties to get (non-generator mode only)
changed - Adds timestamp of when the user was last notified about the edit
Values (separate with '|'): changed
wrshow - Only list items that meet these criteria
Values (separate with '|'): changed, !changed
wrowner - The name of the user whose watchlist you'd like to access
wrtoken - Give a security token (settable in preferences) to allow access to another user's watchlist
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=watchlistrawapi.php?action=query&generator=watchlistraw&gwrshow=changed&prop=revisions
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=exturlusage (eu) *
Enumerate pages that contain a given URL
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
euprop - What pieces of information to include
ids - Adds the ID of page
title - Adds the title and namespace ID of the page
url - Adds the URL used in the page
Values (separate with '|'): ids, title, url
Default: ids|title|url
euoffset - Used for paging. Use the value returned for "continue"
euprotocol - Protocol of the url. If empty and euquery set, the protocol is http.
Leave both this and euquery empty to list all external links
Can be empty, or One value: http, https, ftp, irc, ircs, gopher, telnet, nntp, worldwind, mailto, news, svn, git, mms
Default:
euquery - Search string without protocol. See [[Special:LinkSearch]]. Leave empty to list all external links
eunamespace - The page namespace(s) to enumerate.
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
eulimit - How many pages to return.
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=exturlusage&euquery=www.mediawiki.org
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Exturlusage
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=users (us) *
Get information about a list of users
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
usprop - What pieces of information to include
blockinfo - Tags if the user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
groups - Lists all the groups the user(s) belongs to
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups a user is automatically a member of
rights - Lists all the rights the user(s) has
editcount - Adds the user's edit count
registration - Adds the user's registration timestamp
emailable - Tags if the user can and wants to receive e-mail through [[Special:Emailuser]]
gender - Tags the gender of the user. Returns "male", "female", or "unknown"
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, groups, implicitgroups, rights, editcount, registration, emailable, gender
ususers - A list of users to obtain the same information for
ustoken - Which tokens to obtain for each user
Values (separate with '|'): userrights
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=brion|TimStarling&usprop=groups|editcount|gender
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Users* list=random (rn) *
Get a set of random pages
NOTE: Pages are listed in a fixed sequence, only the starting point is random. This means that if, for example, "Main Page" is the first
random page on your list, "List of fictional monkeys" will *always* be second, "List of people on stamps of Vanuatu" third, etc
NOTE: If the number of pages in the namespace is lower than rnlimit, you will get fewer pages. You will not get the same page twice
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
rnnamespace - Return pages in these namespaces only
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
rnlimit - Limit how many random pages will be returned
No more than 10 (20 for bots) allowed
Default: 1
rnredirect - Load a random redirect instead of a random page
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=random&rnnamespace=0&rnlimit=2
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=protectedtitles (pt) *
List all titles protected from creation
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ptnamespace - Only list titles in these namespaces
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
ptlevel - Only list titles with these protection levels
Values (separate with '|'): autoconfirmed, sysop
ptlimit - How many total pages to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
ptdir - In which direction to enumerate
newer - List oldest first. Note: ptstart has to be before ptend.
older - List newest first (default). Note: ptstart has to be later than ptend.
One value: newer, older
Default: older
ptstart - Start listing at this protection timestamp
ptend - Stop listing at this protection timestamp
ptprop - Which properties to get
timestamp - Adds the timestamp of when protection was added
user - Adds the user that added the protection
userid - Adds the user id that added the protection
comment - Adds the comment for the protection
parsedcomment - Adds the parsed comment for the protection
expiry - Adds the timestamp of when the protection will be lifted
level - Adds the protection level
Values (separate with '|'): timestamp, user, userid, comment, parsedcomment, expiry, level
Default: timestamp|level
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=protectedtitles
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Protectedtitles
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=querypage (qp) *
Get a list provided by a QueryPage-based special page
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
qppage - The name of the special page. Note, this is case sensitive
This parameter is required
One value: Ancientpages, BrokenRedirects, Deadendpages, Disambiguations, DoubleRedirects, Listredirects,
Lonelypages, Longpages, Mostcategories, Mostimages, Mostlinkedcategories, Mostlinkedtemplates,
Mostlinked, Mostrevisions, Fewestrevisions, Shortpages, Uncategorizedcategories, Uncategorizedpages,
Uncategorizedimages, Uncategorizedtemplates, Unusedcategories, Unusedimages, Wantedcategories,
Wantedfiles, Wantedpages, Wantedtemplates, Unwatchedpages, Unusedtemplates, Withoutinterwiki
qpoffset - When more results are available, use this to continue
Default: 0
qplimit - Number of results to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
Example:
api.php?action=query&list=querypage&qppage=Ancientpages
Generator:
This module may be used as a generator
* list=surveys (su) *
API module for obatining surveys and optionaly their questions
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
suids - The IDs of the surveys to return
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
sunames - The names of the surveys to return
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
suprops - Survey data to query
Values (separate with '|'): id, name, title, enabled, header, footer, thanks, user_type, namespaces, ratio, expiry, min_pages, *
Default: id|name|enabled
suincquestions - Include the questions of the surveys or not
Default: 0
suenabled - Enabled state to filter on
sulimit - Max amount of words to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 20
sucontinue - Offset number from where to continue the query
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=surveys&suids=4|2api.php?action=query&list=surveys&suenabled=1&suprops=id|name* list=surveyanswers (qa) *
API module for obatining survey answers
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
qatext -
qasubmission_id -
qaquestion_id -
qaprops - Survey data to query
Values (separate with '|'): id, text, submission_id, question_id, *
Default: *
qalimit - Max amount of words to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 20
qacontinue - Offset number from where to continue the query
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=surveyanswers&qaid=42api.php?action=query&list=surveyanswers&qaid=42&qaprops=text|submission_idapi.php?action=query&list=surveyanswers&qaquestion_id=9001&qaprops=text* list=surveysubmissions (qs) *
API module for obatining survey submissions
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
qssurvey_id -
qspage_id -
qsuser_name -
qstime -
qsprops - Survey data to query
Values (separate with '|'): id, survey_id, page_id, user_name, time, *
Default: *
qslimit - Max amount of words to return
No more than 500 (5000 for bots) allowed
Default: 20
qscontinue - Offset number from where to continue the query
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=surveysubmissions&qsid=42api.php?action=query&list=surveysubmissions&qssurvey_id=9001api.php?action=query&list=surveysubmissions&qsuser_name=Jeroen%20De%20Dauw&qsprops=survey_id|page_id|time* list=articlefeedback (af) *
List article feedback ratings for a specified page
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
afpageid - Page ID to get feedback ratings for
This parameter is required
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
afuserrating - Whether to get the current user's ratings for the specified page
Default: 0
afanontoken - Token for anonymous users
Examples:
api.php?action=query&list=articlefeedback&afpageid=1api.php?action=query&list=articlefeedback&afpageid=1&afuserrating=1
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* meta=siteinfo (si) *
Return general information about the site
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
siprop - Which sysinfo properties to get:
general - Overall system information
namespaces - List of registered namespaces and their canonical names
namespacealiases - List of registered namespace aliases
specialpagealiases - List of special page aliases
magicwords - List of magic words and their aliases
statistics - Returns site statistics
interwikimap - Returns interwiki map (optionally filtered, (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode))
dbrepllag - Returns database server with the highest replication lag
usergroups - Returns user groups and the associated permissions
extensions - Returns extensions installed on the wiki
fileextensions - Returns list of file extensions allowed to be uploaded
rightsinfo - Returns wiki rights (license) information if available
languages - Returns a list of languages MediaWiki supports (optionally localised by using siinlanguagecode)
skins - Returns a list of all enabled skins
extensiontags - Returns a list of parser extension tags
functionhooks - Returns a list of parser function hooks
showhooks - Returns a list of all subscribed hooks (contents of $wgHooks)
Values (separate with '|'): general, namespaces, namespacealiases, specialpagealiases, magicwords, interwikimap, dbrepllag,
statistics, usergroups, extensions, fileextensions, rightsinfo, languages, skins, extensiontags,
functionhooks, showhooks
Default: general
sifilteriw - Return only local or only nonlocal entries of the interwiki map
One value: local, !local
sishowalldb - List all database servers, not just the one lagging the most
sinumberingroup - Lists the number of users in user groups
siinlanguagecode - Language code for localised language names (best effort, use CLDR extension)
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=general|namespaces|namespacealiases|statisticsapi.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=interwikimap&sifilteriw=localapi.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=dbrepllag&sishowalldb=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#siteinfo_.2F_si* meta=userinfo (ui) *
Get information about the current user
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
uiprop - What pieces of information to include
blockinfo - Tags if the current user is blocked, by whom, and for what reason
hasmsg - Adds a tag "message" if the current user has pending messages
groups - Lists all the groups the current user belongs to
implicitgroups - Lists all the groups the current user is automatically a member of
rights - Lists all the rights the current user has
changeablegroups - Lists the groups the current user can add to and remove from
options - Lists all preferences the current user has set
preferencestoken - Get a token to change current user's preferences
editcount - Adds the current user's edit count
ratelimits - Lists all rate limits applying to the current user
realname - Adds the user's real name
email - Adds the user's email address and email authentication date
acceptlang - Echoes the Accept-Language header sent by the client in a structured format
registrationdate - Adds the user's registration date
Values (separate with '|'): blockinfo, hasmsg, groups, implicitgroups, rights, changeablegroups, options, preferencestoken,
editcount, ratelimits, email, realname, acceptlang, registrationdate
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=userinfoapi.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=blockinfo|groups|rights|hasmsg
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#userinfo_.2F_ui* meta=allmessages (am) *
Return messages from this site
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
ammessages - Which messages to output. "*" (default) means all messages
Default: *
amprop - Which properties to get
Values (separate with '|'): default
amenableparser - Set to enable parser, will preprocess the wikitext of message
Will substitute magic words, handle templates etc.
amnocontent - If set, do not include the content of the messages in the output.
amincludelocal - Also include local messages, i.e. messages that don't exist in the software but do exist as a MediaWiki: page.
This lists all MediaWiki: pages, so it will also list those that aren't 'really' messages such as Common.js
amargs - Arguments to be substituted into message
amfilter - Return only messages with names that contain this string
amcustomised - Return only messages in this customisation state
One value: all, modified, unmodified
Default: all
amlang - Return messages in this language
amfrom - Return messages starting at this message
amto - Return messages ending at this message
amtitle - Page name to use as context when parsing message (for enableparser option)
amprefix - Return messages with this prefix
Examples:
api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&amprefix=ipb-api.php?action=query&meta=allmessages&ammessages=august|mainpage&amlang=de
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Meta#allmessages_.2F_am*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Modules: continuation *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** **** action=expandtemplates *
Expands all templates in wikitext
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
title - Title of page
Default: API
text - Wikitext to convert
This parameter is required
generatexml - Generate XML parse tree
includecomments - Whether to include HTML comments in the output
Example:
api.php?action=expandtemplates&text={{Project:Sandbox}}
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#expandtemplates* action=parse *
Parses wikitext and returns parser output
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
title - Title of page the text belongs to
Default: API
text - Wikitext to parse
summary - Summary to parse
page - Parse the content of this page. Cannot be used together with text and title
pageid - Parse the content of this page. Overrides page
redirects - If the page or the pageid parameter is set to a redirect, resolve it
oldid - Parse the content of this revision. Overrides page and pageid
prop - Which pieces of information to get
text - Gives the parsed text of the wikitext
langlinks - Gives the language links in the parsed wikitext
categories - Gives the categories in the parsed wikitext
categorieshtml - Gives the HTML version of the categories
languageshtml - Gives the HTML version of the language links
links - Gives the internal links in the parsed wikitext
templates - Gives the templates in the parsed wikitext
images - Gives the images in the parsed wikitext
externallinks - Gives the external links in the parsed wikitext
sections - Gives the sections in the parsed wikitext
revid - Adds the revision ID of the parsed page
displaytitle - Adds the title of the parsed wikitext
headitems - Gives items to put in the <head> of the page
headhtml - Gives parsed <head> of the page
iwlinks - Gives interwiki links in the parsed wikitext
wikitext - Gives the original wikitext that was parsed
Values (separate with '|'): text, langlinks, languageshtml, categories, categorieshtml, links, templates, images, externallinks,
sections, revid, displaytitle, headitems, headhtml, iwlinks, wikitext
Default: text|langlinks|categories|links|templates|images|externallinks|sections|revid|displaytitle
pst - Do a pre-save transform on the input before parsing it
Ignored if page, pageid or oldid is used
onlypst - Do a pre-save transform (PST) on the input, but don't parse it
Returns the same wikitext, after a PST has been applied. Ignored if page, pageid or oldid is used
uselang - Which language to parse the request in
section - Only retrieve the content of this section number
disablepp - Disable the PP Report from the parser output
Example:
api.php?action=parse&text={{Project:Sandbox}}
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parsing_wikitext#parse* action=opensearch *
Search the wiki using the OpenSearch protocol
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
search - Search string
limit - Maximum amount of results to return
No more than 100 (100 for bots) allowed
Default: 10
namespace - Namespaces to search
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
Default: 0
suggest - Do nothing if $wgEnableOpenSearchSuggest is false
Example:
api.php?action=opensearch&search=Te
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Opensearch* action=feedcontributions *
Returns a user contributions feed
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
feedformat - The format of the feed
One value: rss, atom
Default: rss
user - What users to get the contributions for
This parameter is required
namespace - What namespace to filter the contributions by
Values (separate with '|'): 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
year - From year (and earlier)
month - From month (and earlier)
tagfilter - Filter contributions that have these tags
Values (separate with '|'):
Default:
deletedonly - Show only deleted contributions
toponly - Only show edits that are latest revisions
showsizediff - Show the size difference between revisions. Disabled in Miser Mode
Example:
api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Reedy* action=feedwatchlist *
Returns a watchlist feed
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
feedformat - The format of the feed
One value: rss, atom
Default: rss
hours - List pages modified within this many hours from now
The value must be between 1 and 72
Default: 24
allrev - Include multiple revisions of the same page within given timeframe
wlowner - The user whose watchlist you want (must be accompanied by wltoken if it's not you)
wltoken - Security token that requested user set in their preferences
wlexcludeuser - A user whose edits should not be shown in the watchlist
linktodiffs - Link to change differences instead of article pages
Examples:
api.php?action=feedwatchlistapi.php?action=feedwatchlist&allrev=&linktodiffs=&hours=6
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watchlist_feed* action=help *
Display this help screen. Or the help screen for the specified module
Parameters:
modules - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
querymodules - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Examples:
Whole help page:
api.php?action=help
Module (action) help page:
api.php?action=help&modules=protect
Query (list) modules help page:
api.php?action=help&querymodules=categorymembers
Query (prop) modules help page:
api.php?action=help&querymodules=info
Query (meta) modules help page:
api.php?action=help&querymodules=siteinfo
Help pages:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_pagehttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:FAQhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Quick_start_guide* action=paraminfo *
Obtain information about certain API parameters and errors
Parameters:
modules - List of module names (value of the action= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): addsurvey, articlefeedback, block, centralnoticeallocations, clicktracking, compare, delete,
deletesurvey, edit, editsurvey, emailcapture, emailuser, expandtemplates, feedcontributions,
feedwatchlist, filerevert, help, import, login, logout, move, opensearch, paraminfo, parse, patrol,
protect, purge, query, rollback, rsd, submitsurvey, unblock, undelete, upload, userdailycontribs,
userrights, watch
querymodules - List of query module names (value of prop=, meta= or list= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): allcategories, allimages, alllinks, allmessages, allpages, allusers, articlefeedback, backlinks,
blocks, categories, categoryinfo, categorymembers, deletedrevs, duplicatefiles, embeddedin,
extlinks, exturlusage, filearchive, imageinfo, images, imageusage, info, iwbacklinks, iwlinks,
langbacklinks, langlinks, links, logevents, pageprops, protectedtitles, querypage, random,
recentchanges, revisions, search, siteinfo, stashimageinfo, surveyanswers, surveys,
surveysubmissions, tags, templates, usercontribs, userinfo, users, watchlist, watchlistraw
mainmodule - Get information about the main (top-level) module as well
pagesetmodule - Get information about the pageset module (providing titles= and friends) as well
formatmodules - List of format module names (value of format= parameter)
Values (separate with '|'): dbg, dbgfm, dump, dumpfm, json, jsonfm, php, phpfm, rawfm, txt, txtfm, wddx, wddxfm, xml, xmlfm,
yaml, yamlfm
Example:
api.php?action=paraminfo&modules=parse&querymodules=allpages|siteinfo
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Parameter_information* action=rsd *
Export an RSD (Really Simple Discovery) schema
This module requires read rights
Example:
api.php?action=rsd* action=compare *
Get the difference between 2 pages
You must pass a revision number or a page title for each part (1 and 2)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
fromtitle - First title to compare
fromrev - First revision to compare
totitle - Second title to compare
torev - Second revision to compare
Example:
Create a diff between revision 1 and 2:
api.php?action=compare&fromrev=1&torev=2* action=purge *
Purge the cache for the given titles.
Requires a POST request if the user is not logged in.
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
Parameters:
titles - A list of titles to work on
pageids - A list of page IDs to work on
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
revids - A list of revision IDs to work on
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
forcelinkupdate - Update the links tables
Example:
Purge the "Main Page" and the "API" page:
api.php?action=purge&titles=Main_Page|API
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Purge* action=rollback *
Undo the last edit to the page. If the last user who edited the page made multiple edits in a row,
they will all be rolled back
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to rollback.
This parameter is required
user - Name of the user whose edits are to be rolled back. If set incorrectly, you'll get a badtoken error.
This parameter is required
token - A rollback token previously retrieved through prop=revisions
summary - Custom edit summary. If not set, default summary will be used
markbot - Mark the reverted edits and the revert as bot edits
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=Catrope&token=123ABCapi.php?action=rollback&title=Main%20Page&user=217.121.114.116&token=123ABC&summary=Reverting%20vandalism&markbot=1
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Rollback* action=delete *
Delete a page
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with pageid
pageid - Page ID of the page you want to delete. Cannot be used together with title
token - A delete token previously retrieved through prop=info
reason - Reason for the deletion. If not set, an automatically generated reason will be used
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
oldimage - The name of the old image to delete as provided by iiprop=archivename
Examples:
Delete the Main Page:
api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC
Delete the Main Page with the reason "Preparing for move":
api.php?action=delete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Preparing%20for%20move
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Delete* action=undelete *
Restore certain revisions of a deleted page. A list of deleted revisions (including timestamps) can be
retrieved through list=deletedrevs
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to restore
This parameter is required
token - An undelete token previously retrieved through list=deletedrevs
reason - Reason for restoring (optional)
Default:
timestamps - Timestamps of the revisions to restore. If not set, all revisions will be restored.
Maximum number of values 50 (500 for bots)
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&reason=Restoring%20main%20pageapi.php?action=undelete&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&timestamps=20070703220045|20070702194856
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Undelete* action=protect *
Change the protection level of a page
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Title of the page you want to (un)protect
This parameter is required
token - A protect token previously retrieved through prop=info
protections - Pipe-separated list of protection levels, formatted action=group (e.g. edit=sysop)
This parameter is required
expiry - Expiry timestamps. If only one timestamp is set, it'll be used for all protections.
Use 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', for a neverexpiring protection.
Default: infinite
reason - Reason for (un)protecting (optional)
Default:
cascade - Enable cascading protection (i.e. protect pages included in this page)
Ignored if not all protection levels are 'sysop' or 'protect'
watch - DEPRECATED! If set, add the page being (un)protected to your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
Examples:
api.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=sysop|move=sysop&cascade=&expiry=20070901163000|neverapi.php?action=protect&title=Main%20Page&token=123ABC&protections=edit=all|move=all&reason=Lifting%20restrictions
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Protect* action=block *
Block a user
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
user - Username, IP address or IP range you want to block
This parameter is required
token - A block token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter or prop=info
gettoken - If set, a block token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
expiry - Relative expiry time, e.g. '5 months' or '2 weeks'. If set to 'infinite', 'indefinite' or 'never', the block will never expire.
Default: never
reason - Reason for block (optional)
anononly - Block anonymous users only (i.e. disable anonymous edits for this IP)
nocreate - Prevent account creation
autoblock - Automatically block the last used IP address, and any subsequent IP addresses they try to login from
noemail - Prevent user from sending e-mail through the wiki. (Requires the "blockemail" right.)
hidename - Hide the username from the block log. (Requires the "hideuser" right.)
allowusertalk - Allow the user to edit their own talk page (depends on $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit)
reblock - If the user is already blocked, overwrite the existing block
watchuser - Watch the user/IP's user and talk pages
Examples:
api.php?action=block&user=123.5.5.12&expiry=3%20days&reason=First%20strikeapi.php?action=block&user=Vandal&expiry=never&reason=Vandalism&nocreate=&autoblock=&noemail=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Block* action=unblock *
Unblock a user
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
id - ID of the block you want to unblock (obtained through list=blocks). Cannot be used together with user
user - Username, IP address or IP range you want to unblock. Cannot be used together with id
token - An unblock token previously obtained through the gettoken parameter or prop=info
gettoken - If set, an unblock token will be returned, and no other action will be taken
reason - Reason for unblock (optional)
Examples:
api.php?action=unblock&id=105api.php?action=unblock&user=Bob&reason=Sorry%20Bob
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Block* action=move *
Move a page
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
from - Title of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with fromid
fromid - Page ID of the page you want to move. Cannot be used together with from
to - Title you want to rename the page to
This parameter is required
token - A move token previously retrieved through prop=info
reason - Reason for the move (optional)
movetalk - Move the talk page, if it exists
movesubpages - Move subpages, if applicable
noredirect - Don't create a redirect
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page and the redirect to your watchlist
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page and the redirect from your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
Example:
api.php?action=move&from=Exampel&to=Example&token=123ABC&reason=Misspelled%20title&movetalk=&noredirect=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Move* action=edit *
Create and edit pages.
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - Page title
This parameter is required
section - Section number. 0 for the top section, 'new' for a new section
sectiontitle - The title for a new section
text - Page content
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info.
The token should always be sent as the last parameter, or at least, after the text parameter
summary - Edit summary. Also section title when section=new
minor - Minor edit
notminor - Non-minor edit
bot - Mark this edit as bot
basetimestamp - Timestamp of the base revision (obtained through prop=revisions&rvprop=timestamp).
Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts.
starttimestamp - Timestamp when you obtained the edit token.
Used to detect edit conflicts; leave unset to ignore conflicts
recreate - Override any errors about the article having been deleted in the meantime
createonly - Don't edit the page if it exists already
nocreate - Throw an error if the page doesn't exist
watch - DEPRECATED! Add the page to your watchlist
unwatch - DEPRECATED! Remove the page from your watchlist
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, unwatch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
md5 - The MD5 hash of the text parameter, or the prependtext and appendtext parameters concatenated.
If set, the edit won't be done unless the hash is correct
prependtext - Add this text to the beginning of the page. Overrides text
appendtext - Add this text to the end of the page. Overrides text
undo - Undo this revision. Overrides text, prependtext and appendtext
undoafter - Undo all revisions from undo to this one. If not set, just undo one revision
redirect - Automatically resolve redirects
Examples:
Edit a page (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=test%20summary&text=article%20content&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
Prepend __NOTOC__ to a page (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&summary=NOTOC&minor=&prependtext=__NOTOC__%0A&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
Undo r13579 through r13585 with autosummary (anonymous user):
api.php?action=edit&title=Test&undo=13585&undoafter=13579&basetimestamp=20070824123454&token=%2B\
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Edit* action=upload *
Upload a file, or get the status of pending uploads. Several methods are available:
* Upload file contents directly, using the "file" parameter
* Have the MediaWiki server fetch a file from a URL, using the "url" parameter
* Complete an earlier upload that failed due to warnings, using the "filekey" parameter
Note that the HTTP POST must be done as a file upload (i.e. using multipart/form-data) when
sending the "file". Also you must get and send an edit token before doing any upload stuff
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
filename - Target filename
comment - Upload comment. Also used as the initial page text for new files if "text" is not specified
Default:
text - Initial page text for new files
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
watch - DEPRECATED! Watch the page
watchlist - Unconditionally add or remove the page from your watchlist, use preferences or do not change watch
One value: watch, preferences, nochange
Default: preferences
ignorewarnings - Ignore any warnings
file - File contents
url - URL to fetch the file from
filekey - Key that identifies a previous upload that was stashed temporarily.
sessionkey - DEPRECATED! Same as filekey, maintained for backward compatibility.
stash - If set, the server will not add the file to the repository and stash it temporarily.
filesize - Filesize of entire upload
offset - Offset of chunk in bytes
chunk - Chunk contents
asyncdownload - Make fetching a URL asynchronous
leavemessage - If asyncdownload is used, leave a message on the user talk page if finished
statuskey - Fetch the upload status for this file key
Examples:
Upload from a URL:
api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&url=http%3A//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Wiki.png
Complete an upload that failed due to warnings:
api.php?action=upload&filename=Wiki.png&filekey=filekey&ignorewarnings=1
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Upload* action=filerevert *
Revert a file to an old version
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
filename - Target filename
This parameter is required
comment - Upload comment
Default:
archivename - Archive name of the revision to revert to
This parameter is required
token - Edit token. You can get one of these through prop=info
Example:
Revert Wiki.png to the version of 20110305152740:
api.php?action=filerevert&filename=Wiki.png&comment=Revert&archivename=20110305152740!Wiki.png&token=+\* action=emailuser *
Email a user.
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
target - User to send email to
This parameter is required
subject - Subject header
text - Mail body
This parameter is required
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
ccme - Send a copy of this mail to me
Example:
Send an email to the User "WikiSysop" with the text "Content":
api.php?action=emailuser&target=WikiSysop&text=Content
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:E-mail* action=watch *
Add or remove a page from/to the current user's watchlist
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
title - The page to (un)watch
This parameter is required
unwatch - If set the page will be unwatched rather than watched
token - A token previously acquired via prop=info
Examples:
Watch the page "Main Page":
api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page
Unwatch the page "Main Page":
api.php?action=watch&title=Main_Page&unwatch=
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Watch* action=patrol *
Patrol a page or revision
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
token - Patrol token obtained from list=recentchanges
rcid - Recentchanges ID to patrol
This parameter is required
Example:
api.php?action=patrol&token=123abc&rcid=230672766
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Patrol* action=import *
Import a page from another wiki, or an XML file.
Note that the HTTP POST must be done as a file upload (i.e. using multipart/form-data) when
sending a file for the "xml" parameter.
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
token - Import token obtained through prop=info
summary - Import summary
xml - Uploaded XML file
interwikisource - For interwiki imports: wiki to import from
One value:
interwikipage - For interwiki imports: page to import
fullhistory - For interwiki imports: import the full history, not just the current version
templates - For interwiki imports: import all included templates as well
namespace - For interwiki imports: import to this namespace
One value: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 200, 201, 202, 203
Example:
Import [[meta:Help:Parserfunctions]] to namespace 100 with full history:
api.php?action=import&interwikisource=meta&interwikipage=Help:ParserFunctions&namespace=100&fullhistory=&token=123ABC
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Import* action=userrights *
Add/remove a user to/from groups
This module requires read rights
This module requires write rights
This module only accepts POST requests
Parameters:
user - User name
This parameter is required
add - Add the user to these groups
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, manager, staff, widgeteditor
remove - Remove the user from these groups
Values (separate with '|'): bot, sysop, bureaucrat, manager, staff, widgeteditor
token - A userrights token previously retrieved through list=users
reason - Reason for the change
Default:
Example:
api.php?action=userrights&user=FooBot&add=bot&remove=sysop|bureaucrat&token=123ABC
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:User_group_membership*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Permissions *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** **** writeapi *
Use of the write API
Granted to:
all, user, bot
* apihighlimits *
Use higher limits in API queries (Slow queries: 500 results; Fast queries: 5000 results). The limits for slow queries also apply to multivalue parameters.
Granted to:
bot, sysop
*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Formats *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** **** format=json *
Output data in JSON format
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
Format the query result in the json format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=json
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=jsonfm *
Output data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
Format the query result in the jsonfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=jsonfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=php *
Output data in serialized PHP format
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the php format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=php
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=phpfm *
Output data in serialized PHP format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the phpfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=phpfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=wddx *
Output data in WDDX format
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the wddx format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddx
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=wddxfm *
Output data in WDDX format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the wddxfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=wddxfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=xml *
Output data in XML format
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content
xslt - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet
includexmlnamespace - If specified, adds an XML namespace
Example:
Format the query result in the xml format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xml
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=xmlfm *
Output data in XML format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
xmldoublequote - If specified, double quotes all attributes and content
xslt - If specified, adds <xslt> as stylesheet
includexmlnamespace - If specified, adds an XML namespace
Example:
Format the query result in the xmlfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=xmlfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=yaml *
Output data in YAML formatOutput data in JSON format
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
Format the query result in the yaml format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yaml
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=yamlfm *
Output data in YAML formatOutput data in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
Format the query result in the yamlfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=yamlfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=rawfm *
Output data with the debuging elements in JSON format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Parameters:
callback - If specified, wraps the output into a given function call. For safety, all user-specific data will be restricted.
Example:
Format the query result in the rawfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=rawfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=txt *
Output data in PHP's print_r() format
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the txt format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txt
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=txtfm *
Output data in PHP's print_r() format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the txtfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=txtfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=dbg *
Output data in PHP's var_export() format
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dbg format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbg
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=dbgfm *
Output data in PHP's var_export() format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dbgfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dbgfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=dump *
Output data in PHP's var_dump() format
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dump format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dump
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats* format=dumpfm *
Output data in PHP's var_dump() format (pretty-print in HTML)
This module requires read rights
Example:
Format the query result in the dumpfm format:
api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=namespaces&format=dumpfm
Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Data_formats*** Credits: ***
API developers:
Roan Kattouw <Firstname>.<Lastname>@gmail.com (lead developer Sep 2007-present)
Victor Vasiliev - vasilvv at gee mail dot com
Bryan Tong Minh - bryan . tongminh @ gmail . com
Sam Reed - sam @ reedyboy . net
Yuri Astrakhan <Firstname><Lastname>@gmail.com (creator, lead developer Sep 2006-Sep 2007)
Please send your comments, suggestions and questions to mediawiki-api@lists.wikimedia.org
or file a bug report at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/</error></api>